Improvement in handles for pocket-cutlery



PATENTEDQ FEB 11 '1868- IM iig anni one,

ySTEPHEN BARNES', on Newv HAV-EN, ooNNnoTloUT., `fAs`s1GNon To" HIM#SELF, w. s. sANronD, AND JOHN GARDNER, or SAME PLACE.

, V11mm ma@ Na. 74,279, dated Febraary 11, 186s.

The Schedulevxeferred to in thesa-ettera Patent and making' partici. thelame;

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it know'n1that LSTEPHEN BARNES," of Newv Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented 'a new Improvement in.

Handles for Pocket-Cutlery; and I do herebyvdeclare the following, whentakenn conuectionavith theaccompanying drawings 'and the letters ofreference marked thereon, tohe a full, clear, and exact descriptiou ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of thissprecification, andv represent inf Figure 1, a perspectivel view of oneside of a handle. Figure2, a longitudinal section of the same. Figures 3and 4, the manner of preparing the plates; andin Figure 5, a transversesection. 1

This invention relates to an improvement 'in the manner of attaching theside vof the handle to the plate, and Aconsists in preparing the plate so asto receive/a composition facing, and Aso that, when Vthe compositionis pressed upon the fplat'e, it .will .firmly adhere thereto. l

To enable others to understand my'V improvement 1 will proceed todescribe the same as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings. a

A is the plate for one side of the knifehandle, and is provided withblocks or projections, a, at the points where the rivet-s pass through,which secure the two sides together; and the blades between these blocksare better made ot' a dovet-ail form, so as to be smaller at the basethan upon thev upper side. o

4- Then the plate is placed in a mold, and the composition B, in a aplastic state, is pressed hard, and into `the form upon the plate,forcingitself around the blocks a, and so that, when the composition isdried or cured, thecomposition facing will adhere thereto in the mostperfect manner, and without other security.A

Having thus faced the plate A, I drill through the blocks A, so as 'topass the rivets therethiongh, as denoted in iig. 2.

' Instead of the bloclis small tubes, b, as denoted in g.v4,,may be setin proper positionupon the `plate A`A, soasyto extend tbrough thecomposition facing, and the plate` faced in the same manner. 1

`i lThe rivets .pass throughrthe tubes and are 4other- `wise treatedinthe usual manner in the manufacture of, .pocket-cutlery.

To strengthen the plate, if it berequred, I extend 1 along and .withinthecomposition awire, d, as denoted in iig.' 5, which,'in large handles,gives considerable additional strength g. or, if preferred, the platesmay be perforated with holes suiiciently large, and countersunk from theinside, so that the compositionwill press through the said holes, andthus secure the fac'- ing tothe plate; and these may be iu addition tothe projections or tubes before described.

I do not broadly claim compressing thev facingonto the handles of knivesby' using for thepuijpose 'a' plas tic material.A A, g E. j Having thusfully described'myfinveution,

What I claim as newand-usefnhand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. The arrangement'ot' the-tubesbor'blocks a,*up# ou the plate-A, so asto receive the `rivets which sedescribed. l

' VSTEPHEN BARNES.

Witnesses:`

JOHNAH. SHUMWAY, A. J. Tinlrs.V

